Out of the northwoods the many lives of Paul Bunyan /

Edmonds, M. E.

Out of the northwoods the many lives of Paul Bunyan / [electronic resource] : by Michael Edmonds. - Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2009. - xv, 282 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index.

Who was Paul Bunyan? -- Bunyan?s origins in fact and fiction -- Lumberjacks and their culture -- How the tales were told -- The earliest surviving versions -- The curious claims of Gene Shepard -- Out of the woods and onto the page -- Stewart and watt, the first careful collectors -- Charles brown gets caught in the middle -- Bunyan becomes a celebrity -- Competing claims to fame.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780870204715 (electronic bk.)




Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character)--Legends.


Electronic books.

GR105.37.P38 / E35 2009

398.20973/02 E